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well that sucks a lot, a bunch of projects including microG have relied on it.

adjacent discussion on microG's Github: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/2237

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's an interesting comment on this post about Graphene OS' plans in this area, it's quite a long comment so I'll link it. The first para reads:

GrapheneOS Foundation has been planning to host a network location service for GrapheneOS and projects collaborating with us for a while now. We've received significant funding we can put to use for this to make a high quality, modern implementation on both the client and server side. A new unified app (cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth beacons) for gathering data to publish as fully open data could also be part of it. We also plan to make a SUPL implementation as part of the same service as an alternative to our Google SUPL proxy to replace it as the default in the long term.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

for [...] projects collaborating with us

welp, there go my hopes for getting it on CalyxOS.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

It'll probably be open for anyone to use. They'll just be pissy about it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Interesting, the inaccuracy of the MLS was exactly what attracted me to it. I'm not interested in a location service knowing my exact location at any given time. If I'm somehow too drunk to see and realise where I am, I'll ask somebody.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago